Point Taken: How to Write Like the World's Best Judges book by Ross Guberman
By Ross GubermanIn Point Taken, Ross Guberman delves into the work of the best judicial opinion-writers and offers a step-by-step method based on practical and provocative examples. Featuring numerous cases and opinions from 35 prolific judges - from Learned Hand to Antonin Scalia - Point Taken, explores what it takes to turn great judicial writing into great writing. Guberman provides a system for crafting effective and efficient openings to set the stage, covering the pros and cons of whether to resolve legal issues up front and whether to sacrifice taut syllogistic openings in the name of richness and nuance. Guberman offers strategies for pruning clutter, adding background, emphasizing key points, adopting a narrative voice, and guiding the reader through visual cues. The structure and flow of the legal analysis is targeted through a host of techniques for organizing the discussion at the macro level, using headings, marshaling authorities, including or avoiding footnotes, and finessing transitions. Guberman shares his style Must Haves, a bounty of edits at the word and sentence level that add punch and interest, and that make opinions more vivid, varied, confident, and enjoyable. He also outlines his style Nice to Haves, metaphors, similes, examples, analogies, allusions, and rhetorical figures. Finally, he addresses the thorny problem of dissents, extracting the best practices for dissents based on facts, doctrine, or policy. The appendix provides a helpful checklist of practice pointers along with biographies of the 35 featured judges.
Book details
- Paperback
- 376 pages
- English
- 0190268581
- 9780190268589
About Ross Guberman
ross guberman is president of legal writing pro, an advanced legal-writing training and consulting firm. he has worked with thousands of attorneys at more Read More about Ross Guberman
More Books By Ross Guberman
People who bought this also bought
The Soaps: Daytime Serials of Radio and TV Book by Madeleine Edmondson
Used Book
Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses : Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century
Used Book
Rites of Rock: One Man's Journey through 50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll
Used Book
Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times : Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What
Used Book
Once a Catholic: Prominent Catholics and Ex-Catholics Discuss the Influence of the Church on Their Lives and Work
Used Book
Clark Howard's Living Large in Lean Times: 250+ Ways to Buy Smarter, Spend Smarter, and Save Money
Used Book
All Hope is Found: Rediscovering the Joy of Expectation by Sarah Jakes Roberts
New Book
Letting Love Happen: Stop Working So Hard and Let the Right Man Love You
Used Book